Patent & IP news for March 13, 2014

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USPTO to Permit Delay in Meeting Certain Prioritized Examination Requirements from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- In an interim rule published in the Federal Register last week (79 Fed. Reg. 12386), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office indicated that the time periods for meeting certain requirements for ...

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Adverse ruling by ED Va on Celebrex patent creates problems for Pfizer from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The invalidation of a method of use patent could cost Pfizer $1 billion in revenues this year and $2 billion next year.

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Pfizer says U.S. court invalidates Celebrex patent; generics loom
 
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Further on the paper in Nature about stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP) cells from ipbiz.blogspot.com

An article reproduced in the Chicago Tribune gives details about the problems with the scientific publication on STAP cells in the journal Nature.

STAP cells were identified as a third kind of pluripotent cells, after ...

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On small cap biofuel companies from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Concerning some biofuel companies, John Udovich writes


Small cap biofuel or synthetic fuel stocks Gevo, Inc (GEVO), KiOR Inc (KIOR), Solazyme Inc (SZYM) and Syntroleum Corp (SYNM) have been seeing plenty of trading action in ...

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Who is bringing that patent infringement suit against you? from ipbiz.blogspot.com

A Bloomberg story discusses aspects of patent ownership, and illustrates issues with a patent infringement suit against Google:


Suffolk claimed Google’s AdSense program used patented inventions related to how an Internet server responds to ...

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MakaPads Helping Disadvantaged Girls And Women In Uganda from www.ip-watch.org

KAMPALA - In the western terrains of Uganda, in a refugee camp, Dr. Moses Kizza Musaazi invented and is running a simple but ingenious scheme. Making environmentally friendly sanitary pads out of papyrus reeds. The pads ...

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Software Patent Eligibility: Alice Corp v. CLS Bank on the Briefs from patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, Supreme Court Docket No 13-298 (2014) Later this term, the US Supreme Court will shift its focus toward the fundamental question of whether software ...

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Judge Dyk Excludes Valuation Opinion Premised on Multivariate Hedonic Regression Analysis from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted defendant's renewed motion to exclude plaintiff's damages expert's multivariate hedonic regression analysis. "In assessing the appropriateness of the benchmark rates against the Georgia-Pacific factors, [the expert] . . . used multivariate hedonic ...

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EU Unified Patent Court Judicial Training Centre Launches from www.ip-watch.org

The European Union Unified Patent Court agreement has not yet been fully ratified but plans are on track to ensure that the judges who staff it are of the highest quality, speakers said at today ...

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ZTE recently failed to get an injunction over a standard-essential patent stayed: win for Vringo from www.fosspatents.com

I have only this week become aware of a development that is relevant to a subject often discussed on this blog: the availability and enforcement of injunctions over FRAND-pledged standard-essential patents (SEPs) in Germany. About ...

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ALJ Gildea Denies Summary Determination Of Non-Infringement In Certain Consumer Electronics With Display And Processing Capabilities (337-TA-884) from www.itcblog.com

On March 11, 2014, ALJ E. James Gildea issued the public version of Order No. 54 (dated March 4, 2014) in Certain Consumer Electronics with Display and Processing Capabilities (Inv. No. 337-TA-884).  In the Order ...

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WIPO Shows Record Growth Across International IP Filing Systems from www.ip-watch.org

“Intellectual property, in general, is in a growth mode, and in a growth mode which is considerably in excess of either the national GDP growth rates or the world GDP growth rates,” World Intellectual Property ...

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ALJ Essex Sets Target Date And Procedural Schedule For Remand Investigation In Certain 3G Mobile Handsets (337-TA-613) from www.itcblog.com

On March 5, 2014, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued Order Nos. 47 and 48 in connection with the remand investigation in Certain 3G Mobile Handsets and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-613). By way of background ...

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ALJ Shaw Sets Target Date And Procedural Schedule In Certain Non-Volatile Memory Devices (337-TA-909) from www.itcblog.com

On March 5, 2014, ALJ David P. Shaw issued Order Nos. 6 and 7 in Certain Non-Volatile Memory Devices And Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-909). By way of background, this investigation is based on ...

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ALJ Gildea Issues Claim Construction Order In Certain Consumer Electronics With Display and Processing Capabilities (337-TA-884) from www.itcblog.com

On March 6, 2014, ALJ E. James Gildea issued the public version of Order No. 52 in Certain Consumer Electronics With Display and Processing Capabilities (Inv. No. 337-TA-884).  By way of background, the investigation is ...

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ITC Decides Not to Review Initial Determination in Certain Electronic Digital Media Devices (337-TA-796) from www.itcblog.com

On March 5, 2014, the International Trade Commission (the “Commission”) issued a Notice determining not to review an Initial Determination (“ID”) issued by ALJ Thomas B. Pender denying Respondents’ motion for partial return of bonds ...

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ALJ Essex Grants Summary Determination Motion On Domestic Industry In Certain Mobile Devices (337-TA-750) from www.itcblog.com

On March 6, 2014, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued the public version of Order No. 14 granting Apple’s motion for summary determination that it had satisfied the economic industry prong of the domestic industry ...

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ALJ Gildea Rules On Motion To Compel Deposition In Advisory Opinion Proceeding In Certain Sleep-Disordered Breathing Treatment Systems (337-TA-879) from www.itcblog.com

On March 10, 2014, ALJ E. James Gildea issued the public version of Order No. 17 (dated February 27, 2014) in Certain Sleep-Disordered Breathing Treatment Systems and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-879).  In the Order ...

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#BeyondIP Blog Symposium: Hrdy, Bessen, Frischmann & McKenna, and Cohen from writtendescription.blogspot.com

Four new posts in the Innovation Law Beyond IP blog symposium at Balkinization! First, Camilla Hrdy describes her paper Local Commercialization Incentives, which she has also blogged about here. In this paper, Hrdy questions whether ...

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CBS "Elementary" on March 13, 2014 does patents, investors, NDAs, and science fraud from ipbiz.blogspot.com

A tipster named "Adam Peer" accused one Dr. Granger of science fraud related to detecting cancer via breath analysis (device called the hound).  Investors were backing out.  Dr. Granger was murdered by helium asphyxiation. Granger ...

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